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Bosnian vs Maori


Maori vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
New Zealand  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Australia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Māori Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Tahitian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maori-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
20  
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
10  
2

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Hello  

Thank You
Hvala  
Mauruuru koutou  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
E pēhea ana koe ?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Night pai  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
pai ahiahi  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Afternoon pai  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Morning pai  

Please
molim vas  
Tēnā  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Aroha mai  

Bye
Zbogom  
poroporoaki  

I Love You
Volim te  
Aroha ahau ki a koe  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
tukua ahau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
South Island Māori  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Western North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
New Zealand  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Eastern North Island Maori  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
New Zealand  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
0.18 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
te Reo Māori  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
New Zealand Maori  

French Name
bosniaque  
maori  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Maori-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Māori people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1814  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Polynesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Maori  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
mi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
mri  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
mao  

ISO 639 3
bos  
mri  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
maor1246  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bosnian and Maori Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Maori language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Maori language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Maori language states that this language originated in 1814. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bosnian and Maori Language History.

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Bosnian and Maori Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bosnian and Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Maori language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Maori Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Maori Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bosnian and Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.

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